Robert Reich | Police's Dubious and Inflammatory Racial Descriptions of Suspects
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "Loose talk about race and ethnicity is especially inflammatory now, just weeks before an election in which the Republican candidate for president has alleged that Mexican immigrants here illegally are 'rapists and murderers'"
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "Loose talk about race and ethnicity is especially inflammatory now, just weeks before an election in which the Republican candidate for president has alleged that Mexican immigrants here illegally are 'rapists and murderers'"
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White House Is Profoundly Wrong About the Most Embarrassing Thing Senate Has Done
Zaid Jilani and Alex Emmons, The Intercept
Excerpt: "As it happens, the White House's principled opposition to the bill was based on its worry that it would open the door to lawsuits from foreigners accusing the U.S. government of crimes, possibly including the killing of hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and Afghanistan, torture, deaths of innocent people with drones, and global mass surveillance."
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Zaid Jilani and Alex Emmons, The Intercept
Excerpt: "As it happens, the White House's principled opposition to the bill was based on its worry that it would open the door to lawsuits from foreigners accusing the U.S. government of crimes, possibly including the killing of hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and Afghanistan, torture, deaths of innocent people with drones, and global mass surveillance."
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Reporter Who Quit on Air to Fight for Pot Legalization Could Face Decades in Prison
Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "But despite the voter-approved initiative, Alaska has not helped her start a legitimate marijuana operation. On the contrary, the state launched a series of undercover operations and raids at her club, ultimately charging her with eight serious criminal offenses of 'misconduct involving a controlled substance.'"
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Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "But despite the voter-approved initiative, Alaska has not helped her start a legitimate marijuana operation. On the contrary, the state launched a series of undercover operations and raids at her club, ultimately charging her with eight serious criminal offenses of 'misconduct involving a controlled substance.'"
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Clinton Enlists Bernie Sanders in Appeal for Youth Votes
Jonathan Allen, Reuters
Allen writes: "Although Sanders lost to Clinton, he consistently drew younger voters to his side with promises to take on Wall Street, make college less expensive and close the income gap. He called on young people in New Hampshire, a swing state in the presidential election, to get behind Clinton."
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Jonathan Allen, Reuters
Allen writes: "Although Sanders lost to Clinton, he consistently drew younger voters to his side with promises to take on Wall Street, make college less expensive and close the income gap. He called on young people in New Hampshire, a swing state in the presidential election, to get behind Clinton."
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Military-Style Raid Ends Native Prayer Against Dakota Pipeline
teleSUR
Excerpt: "North Dakota police with military-style equipment surrounded Native Americans gathered in prayer against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on Wednesday, disrupting their plan to cross sacred and treaty-protected land in protest of a project they fear will destroy their livelihood."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "North Dakota police with military-style equipment surrounded Native Americans gathered in prayer against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline on Wednesday, disrupting their plan to cross sacred and treaty-protected land in protest of a project they fear will destroy their livelihood."
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Greenland's Receding Icecap to Expose Top-Secret US Nuclear Project
Jon Henley, Guardian UK
Henley writes: "A top-secret US military project from the cold war and the toxic waste it conceals, thought to have been buried forever beneath the Greenland icecap, are likely to be uncovered by rising temperatures within decades, scientists have said."
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Jon Henley, Guardian UK
Henley writes: "A top-secret US military project from the cold war and the toxic waste it conceals, thought to have been buried forever beneath the Greenland icecap, are likely to be uncovered by rising temperatures within decades, scientists have said."
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Lyn Redwood | Alarming Levels of Mercury Contamination Found Across Western North America
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Lyn Redwood, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "An international team of scientists led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a comprehensive report last week showing widespread mercury contamination across western North America."
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Lyn Redwood, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "An international team of scientists led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a comprehensive report last week showing widespread mercury contamination across western North America."
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